In this short writing workshop, attendees will seek to make and explore a personal connection with a piece of art from "Icons in Transformation." Please bring your preferred writing tools (pen and paper, laptop, etc.) No writing experience necessary.

Biography

Jeff Jones grew up in Denver and earned B.A. degrees in English writing and anthropology from the University of Colorado at Denver. His M.A. in International Studies from the University of Washington focused on Russian culture, where he analyzed images of Stalin in Soviet and Russian film. In 1997, he began to write fiction and published his first short story that year. In 2005, he received an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Idaho. His debut novel Love Give Us One Death appeared in 2016, and his debut story collection Bloodshot Stories appeared in 2018. His self-published handbook Writing for the Reader focuses on the practice of prose craft.

https://english.wsu.edu/faculty-staff/wsu-profile/jeff.jones/